Overview

• The late-night decision to place DGP Shatrujeet Kapur on leave was confirmed by the Haryana chief minister’s media adviser, with the formal order yet to be issued.
• The officer’s body remains at Chandigarh’s PGIMER as his wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, refuses consent for a postmortem until Kapur and former Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarniya are arrested.
• Chandigarh Police formed a six-member SIT, updated the FIR to include SC/ST Act Section 3(2)(v), and requested body identification from the family along with documents from the Haryana government.
• A 31-member committee supporting the family issued a 48-hour ultimatum seeking removal and arrests of the named officers after Bijarniya’s transfer, as public pressure and visits by political leaders escalated.
• The family declined to hand over the late officer’s laptop to investigators, and police sources warned delays could degrade forensic evidence; Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to meet the family on Tuesday.